diff --git a/pipes/WDL/tasks/tasks_nextstrain.wdl b/pipes/WDL/tasks/tasks_nextstrain.wdl
index 52d874982..8d7fdacb7 100644
--- a/pipes/WDL/tasks/tasks_nextstrain.wdl
+++ b/pipes/WDL/tasks/tasks_nextstrain.wdl
@@ -1409,7 +1409,6 @@ task refine_augur_tree {
             --metadata "~{metadata}" \
             --output-tree "~{out_basename}_timetree.nwk" \
             --output-node-data "~{out_basename}_branch_lengths.json" \
-            --timetree \
             ~{"--clock-rate " + clock_rate} \
             ~{"--clock-std-dev " + clock_std_dev} \
             ~{"--coalescent " + coalescent} \